Ski touring in Le Grand-Bornand
Posted on 27 February 2019
Ski touring, it’s happening in Le Grand-Bo!
Very much the current craze, ski touring is attracting more and more people. To learn or to perfect, it is in Le Grand-Bornand where they have opened, this season, 3 new prepared areas, close to the ski area, with emergency services on hand while the slopes are open.
Free access, except for one trail (La Joyere – Le Chenu) necessary to have transport to get up to the higher cable car station of the Joyere, the start of the trail which descends a total of 880m in altitude with a returnvia the Envers slope all the way to Grand-Bornand. « La Matte / Le chenu » offers a descent of 560 m in altitude with a distance of 4,5km, as for the Mulaterie / L’Almet trail, it is over a distance of 5,5 km upstream of the Lac piste.
These 3 new slopes dedicated to ski touriing are secured and all have something in common : viewing points of the Aravis range which will take your breathe away!